(1967) **1/2
A museum storehouse burns down, only one statue survives the fire unharmed, a Golem. Soon after discovering the statue, museum director Grove is found lying under it, dead. His assistant Pimm finds the statue is cursed and has been virtually indestructible for over 3 centuries. Pimm discovers a scroll hidden within the statue, which allows him to control its actions. Soon he is using it to his own personal advantage, until he realizes that the Golem is turning him evil.
The second film on the disc with The Shuttered Room doesn’t pack quite as much punch. The slow lumbering statue seems almost comical as he walks stiff legged to attack his victims. At one point it burst through a brick wall like Kool-Aid, I was expecting an “Ooooh yeeeeaaah!” to come out of it. Roddy McDowell is a class act as always as Pimm, if it weren’t for him the entire film would have been a let down.
